Informed Consent: Foundations and Applications

<p>Since its advent in the 20th century, informed consent has become a cornerstone of ethical healthcare, and obtaining it a core obligation in medical contexts. In my dissertation, I aim to examine the theoretical underpinnings of informed consent and identify what values it is taken to protect. I will suggest that the fundamental motivation behind informed consent rests in something I’ll call <em>bodily self-sovereignty</em>, which I argue involves a coupling of two groups of values: autonomy and non-domination on the one hand, and self-ownership and personal integrity on the other. I will then go on to consider two 'case studies' I take to shed light on what is at stake in securing informed consent - consent in psychiatrically ill populations, and consent to interventions that involve the modification of the genetic germline.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Philosophy

Grantor

The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• Smolenski, Joanna

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• David Papineau

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Miranda Fricker
• Jesse Prinz

• Applied Ethics
• Bioethics and Medical Ethics
• Ethics and Political Philosophy
• Genetics and Genomics
• Mental Disorders
• Psychiatry and Psychology
• Theory and Philosophy
• informed consent
• epistemic injustice
• standpoint theory
• philosophy of psychiatry
• gene editing

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/4503

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:gc_etds-5576